Comments on: Grafton Town Board supports East Greenbush casinohttps://blog.timesunion.com/capitol/archives/212663/grafton-town-board-supports-east-greenbush-casino/
A behind-the-scenes look at New York politics.Mon, 19 Mar 2018 22:11:21 +0000hourly1https://wordpress.org/?v=4.9.4By: FYIhttps://blog.timesunion.com/capitol/archives/212663/grafton-town-board-supports-east-greenbush-casino/#comment-836854
Mon, 19 May 2014 13:30:01 +0000http://blog.timesunion.com/capitol/?p=212663#comment-836854Unfortunatly it won’t create any Job for the residents of Grafton. To work in a casino you need to be able to count past your fingers and 12 toes
]]>By: mmcdonaldhttps://blog.timesunion.com/capitol/archives/212663/grafton-town-board-supports-east-greenbush-casino/#comment-836648
Sun, 18 May 2014 19:42:28 +0000http://blog.timesunion.com/capitol/?p=212663#comment-836648I turned onto Thompson hill road at the lower end with an extended cab truck and could barely swing it,which means most buses will use the newly installed turnabout,cutting through residential(being expanded)areas,or from exit 8.thats the people coming by bus,when people overshoot and pull in the lower end doing three point turns ,look out !its gonna be a mess..
]]>By: upstateresidenthttps://blog.timesunion.com/capitol/archives/212663/grafton-town-board-supports-east-greenbush-casino/#comment-836235
Sat, 17 May 2014 10:22:11 +0000http://blog.timesunion.com/capitol/?p=212663#comment-836235Well Grafton, if you think a casino is such a good idea, as an East Greenbush resident, I say, I support it right next to Grafton Lake. Enjoy!
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Sat, 17 May 2014 02:19:57 +0000http://blog.timesunion.com/capitol/?p=212663#comment-836114Casey Seiler, when are you and the other TU reporters going to stop just printing what’s happening, and START doing some real investigative reporting? Something stinks in the Town of East Greenbush! Uncover it and expose it! Dirty deals by our Town Board and the people they really answer to have brought this casino nightmare to our doorstep. Who cares what Grafton says or does? Find out who’s paying off whom, and making decisions without giving residents a say!!
]]>By: JGhttps://blog.timesunion.com/capitol/archives/212663/grafton-town-board-supports-east-greenbush-casino/#comment-836070
Fri, 16 May 2014 23:22:01 +0000http://blog.timesunion.com/capitol/?p=212663#comment-836070I think it’s a done deal, East Greenbush is getting a casino. Churchill Downs is the big power broker here.
]]>By: Jack Conwayhttps://blog.timesunion.com/capitol/archives/212663/grafton-town-board-supports-east-greenbush-casino/#comment-835937
Fri, 16 May 2014 19:22:07 +0000http://blog.timesunion.com/capitol/?p=212663#comment-835937The absurdity of the Town of Grafton’s support is that the people of East Greenbush weren’t even asked their opinion. Our town board snuck a resolution on to a town board agenda at the last minute and sold it to us as a generic resolution that isn’t attached to a specific project. Less than 48 hours later a specific project “materialized” seemingly out of nowhere (even though millions of dollars had already been committed to the project). Next the Gaming Commission said that our generic resolution would count as community support for Saratoga Casino and Raceway’s proposal. End result? The people of East Greenbush were bypassed completely. The fairest thing to do would be a town-wide referendum: if a majority want it, let’s have it. If not, put it in Grafton.
]]>By: Carlhttps://blog.timesunion.com/capitol/archives/212663/grafton-town-board-supports-east-greenbush-casino/#comment-835864
Fri, 16 May 2014 17:02:34 +0000http://blog.timesunion.com/capitol/?p=212663#comment-835864Thanks for your opinion, town that isn’t even adjacent to my town. While we’re offering opinions on each other’s futures, when are you going to get zoning?
]]>By: Just Sayin...https://blog.timesunion.com/capitol/archives/212663/grafton-town-board-supports-east-greenbush-casino/#comment-835798
Fri, 16 May 2014 14:32:33 +0000http://blog.timesunion.com/capitol/?p=212663#comment-835798How telling this whole business of casinos is on human behavior. When the prospect of “wealth” and “all that glitters” is waved before the average human being, their brains light up with endorphins and other pleasure-producing chemicals.

Those chemicals, of course, overrule rational thought – like, “Gee, if casinos are so great, how come Atlantic City is still an economic disaster 35 years after casinos were legalized there? And how come there is so much blight and crime there ? And how come we’re not rolling in the $$ that we were promised? Where did it go?

Think about the idiots you have elected to represent you, yourself, in your Town Boards, and then ask yourself, “Why did I let that happen?”

]]>By: CasinosAndMiseryhttps://blog.timesunion.com/capitol/archives/212663/grafton-town-board-supports-east-greenbush-casino/#comment-835776
Fri, 16 May 2014 13:39:21 +0000http://blog.timesunion.com/capitol/?p=212663#comment-835776Casinos are as intellgent as fracking. The destroy the infrastrucure and create misery. You will see or you will choose not to. Fracking is armagedon to the earth as gambling is argmageson to the soul, family and community.

Don’t do it.

]]>By: Joehttps://blog.timesunion.com/capitol/archives/212663/grafton-town-board-supports-east-greenbush-casino/#comment-835773
Fri, 16 May 2014 13:26:15 +0000http://blog.timesunion.com/capitol/?p=212663#comment-835773Are you kidding?! This is a joke! You passed a resolution to support an idiotic project not even in YOUR Town! What gives you the right to make any comment when the people of East Greenbush were not even consulted on this? If you want the Casino, put it in the Grafton Supervisors’ back yard; not, mine!
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